The Lee women's tennis team rolled past Lees-McRae College, 9-0 on a picture perfect Tuesday afternoon at the Lee Tennis Courts. The men's squad fell to the Bobcats by a 6-3 final.
The Lady Flames surpassed last year's win total with the non-conference victory and move to 5-3 on the year. The loss drops the Flames to 1-6 on the season.
Today's contest began a busy week for both clubs. The teams will travel to Mississippi College on Friday, Delta State on Saturday and Christian Brothers on Sunday for three-striaght conference battles.
LADY FLAMES 9, LEES-MCRAE COLLEGE 0
The duo of Tonya McGraner and Maclain Yowarsky opened things up for Lee with an 8-4 victory over Samantha Wohlers and Hillary Lutz .
Krista Good and Marta Garcia-Nieto followed with the same tally of 8-4 in No. 2 doubles against Caroline Green and Amanda Chapman while Jodie Rice and Christy North blanked Taylor Boast and Rachel Grether.
In singles action the Lady Flames again made quick work of the Bobcats and did not drop a single set in the process.
McGraner registered a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Wohlers at the No.1 spot. Garica-Nieto lost just three games in winning in straight sets against Green. Yowarsky swept Lutz 6-2, 6-2 while Good (6-0, 6-1), Rice (6-0, 6-4) and Friedlander (6-0, 6-0) dropped just five total games to finish things off at spots three thru six.
FLAMES 3, LEES-MCRAE COLLEGE 6
Despite jumping out to a 2-1 lead after the doubles portion of the match the Flames managed just one singles victory in falling 6-3 to Lees-McRae.
Rhys Milne and Daniel Hardesty got things going for Lee with hard-fought 9-8 victory over Joao Araujo and Garrett Lackey at No. 1 doubles. Nacho Salom and Wes Lemke won 8-6 while Mike Herelle and Kip Kahler dropped an 8-6 set to Sebastian Zuhr and Hang Lak Choi.
Milne won the opening set against Araujo but came up short in sets two and three to open up singles competition (1-6, 6-4, 6-4). Salom won seven games but was clipped in straight sets by Pinel, 6-4, 6-3. Gabriel Muniz defeated Daniel Hardesty at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 6-2.
Lemke earned the Flames' lone single victory as he topped Lackey, 6-4, 6-2. The final two matches went the Bobcats way with Choi beating Herelle, 7-5, 6-1 and Zuhr ousting Kahler, 6-1, 6-0.
LADY FLAMES 9, LEES-MCRAE COLLEGE 0
Doubles
1. Tonya McGraner/Maclain Yowarsky (LU) def. Samantha Wohlers/Hillary Lutz (LMC), 8-4
2. Krista Good/Marta Garcia-Nieto (LU) def. Caroline Green/Amanda Chapman (LMC), 8-4
3. Jodie Rice/Christy North (LU) def. Taylor Boast/Rachel Grether (LMC), 8-0
Singles
1. Tonya McGraner (LU) def. Samantha Wohlers (LMC), 6-3, 6-2
2. Marta Garcia-Nieto (LU) def. Caroline Green (LMC), 6-0, 6-3
3. Maclain Yowarsky (LU) def. Hillary Lutz (LMC), 6-2, 6-2
4. Krista Good (LU) def. Taylor Boast (LMC), 6-0, 6-1
5. Jodie Rice (LU) def. Amanda Chapman (LMC), 6-0, 6-4
6. Morgan Friedlander (LU) def. Rachel Grether (LMC), 6-0, 6-0
FLAMES 3 LEES-MCRAE COLLEGE 6
Doubles
1. Rhys Milne/Daniel Hardesty (LU) def. Joao Araujo/Garrett Lackey (LMC), 9-8
2. Nacho Salom/Wes Lemke (LU) def. Carlos Pinel/Gabriel Muniz (LMC), 8-6
3. Hang Lak Choi/Sebastian Zuhr (LMC) def. Mike Herelle/Kip Kahler, 8-6
Singles
1. Joao Araujo (LMC) def. Rhys Milne (LU),1-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. Carlos Pinel (LMC) def. Nacho Salom (LU), 6-4, 6-3
3. Gabriel Muniz (LMC) def. Daniel Hardesty (LU), 6-3, 6-2
4. Wes Lemke (LU) def. Garrett Lackey (LMC), 6-4, 6-2
5. Hang Lak Choi (LMC) def. Mike Herelle (LU), 7-5, 6-1
6. Sebastian Zuhr (LMC) def. Kip Kahler (LU), 6-1, 6-0